Blajeny explained gravely, "She is a colleague of mine."

When God was distributing chromosomes, he explains gravely to his parents, the chromosome that would have made him female accidentally fell into the garbage.

He did not wish to ruin his dinner, he explained gravely.

"I do not wish to inflict my problems on such a busy man as the duke," he explained gravely.

"Mum knows I have a habit of kissing women," he explained gravely.

His activities, he explained gravely to Norma, were deliberate folly, because the alien couldn't imagine such a thing.

"I am a Healer," he explained gravely, the sharpness gone from his voice.

The young lieutenant who gravely explained that to Morrell didn't see anything funny about it.

On some of us they're intangible," he explained gravely "and I admit that that does make a difference.

"To smell out the spies" Tommy explained gravely.